Aug 21, 2024. Redwood City. Today, the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute (the Chen Institute) and Science announced that they are holding the second of their annual conference series focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Mental Health in Shanghai, November 7-8, 2024. The meeting is being co-hosted by Shanghai Mental Health Center.
Mental health is a vast and growing worldwide problem. Because it can affect people at a young age, they will often need treatment and support for many years. During that time, they may be unable to participate at their full potential in society. This explains why, in addition to the suffering experienced by individuals and their families, mental health problems also have an enormous economic and societal impact.
“AI has seen exponential growth and astonishing breakthroughs in recent years, and it has the potential to impact every aspect of modern life and society,” said Chrissy Luo, Chen Institute Co-founder. “Scientists and clinicians are exploring AI’s power for mental health research and treatment and the first results are enormously promising.”
This year’s two-day, English conference will highlight how AI can be used to benefit individuals and society. Over the course of these two days, our speakers will discuss the current state of AI and why we have recently seen such astonishing progress. Global speakers will also review promising applications of AI for the diagnosis and treatment of mental health.
“Science is at the forefront of emerging science and, together with the Chen Institute, we have been closely engaged with scientists and researchers who are unlocking the tremendously powerful potential of using artificial intelligence in the treatment and management of mental health,” said Peter Stern, Senior Editor at Science Magazine.
Current speakers are listed below. You can read more about their planned presentations here: https://www.cheninstitute.org/meetings/2024-ai-and-mental-health
If you live outside of China, you can register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/950262128607
If you live in China, please register here: https://app.myhudong.com/mobile#/microstation_micro?acid=A7vcDJhENbTjupJ3kw&l=a
For more information, please contact:
Jason.Reindorp (at) cheninstitute.org
2024 Chen Institute and Science Joint Conference on AI & Mental Health
Michael Breakspear, MB BS, BSc, BA, FRANZCP, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry
University of Newcastle, Australia
Jianhua Chen
Chief Physician, Research Professor, and Ph.D. Supervisor
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Philip Corlett, PhD
Associate Professor; Department of Psychiatry
Wu Tsai Institute for Cognition; Yale University
Quentin Huys
Professor of Computational Psychiatry; Applied Computational Psychiatry Lab, Division of Psychiatry and Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UCL
Deputy Director, Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research, UCL
Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
Ye Li
Chair Professor
Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology
Min Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.
President, Shanghai Mental Health Center
Consultant Psychiatrist, Professor, President of Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Nils Opel
Distinguished Professor for Translational Psychiatry
University Hospital Jena, Germany
Ioannis Paschalidis
Distinguished Professor, College of Engineering
Boston University
Yanan Sui
Associate Professor
Tsinghua University